Off to the ECA

European Voice

2/26/14, 8:00 PM CET

Updated 4/15/14, 4:03 PM CET

The Council of Ministers has confirmed the appointment of ex-MEP Klaus-Heiner Lehne as Germany’s member of the European Court of Auditors. Lehne’s replacement as an MEP is Annette Koewius, a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Chancellor Angela Merkel.

MEPs on Tuesday (25 February) endorsed the nomination of Oskar Herics as Austria’s member of the ECA. The Parliament’s budgetary-control committee voted by 15 to 2 in favour of his nomination.